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Diana Nyad talks about beating adversity: 'We all have dreams'

By The Associated Press

Posted:
09/03/2013 03:07:20 PM MDT

Updated:
09/03/2013 04:30:29 PM MDT

United States endurance swimmer Diana Nyad talks to the media, during a press conference in Key West, Fla., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. She said the biggest challenge was swallowing large amounts of seawater, which made her vomit often. The 64-year-old is the first swimmer to make the 110-mile journey without a shark cage. (J Pat Carter/AP)

Diana Nyad talks about beating adversity: "We all have dreams"

Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad held a press conference in Key West to discuss her record-setting swim from Cuba to Florida. She completed the 53-hour, 110-mile journey on Monday, on her fifth attempt since 1978.The clocks Nyad uses to time her training swims show that she's a slower swimmer than she used to be. That's only natural: At age 64, she acknowledges she is no longer the "thoroughbred stallion" she was "back in the day."And yet, the endurance athlete says she ...

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